Procurement Manager

Location: Oldham (Hybrid Working)
Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: up to £53,220 per Annum

Our Procurement Team is growing and we are looking for an experienced Procurement Manager to join our team and play a key role in developing and delivering our procurement services.

Working closely with our Assets and Development Teams, you'll lead procurement activity across a range of goods, works and services. We're particularly interested in candidates with experience of JCT or other works-related contracts, ideally gained within property, assets, maintenance or building development categories.

As an experienced public procurement professional, you'll bring strong commercial thinking, sound procurement expertise and a collaborative approach to help us strengthen supplier relationships, maximise value for money and ensure our procurement activity is compliant whilst also developing stakeholders commercial capabilities and awareness.

You'll play a key role in delivering our Procurement Strategy 26-30, providing expert advice to colleagues across FCHO and supporting the continued development of our procurement service.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and use your experience to make a real impact across the organisation and for our customers.

Please see the full Job Description attached for further information.

What you'll be doing

You'll lead procurement activity across the organisation, ensuring procurement exercises are delivered compliantly, efficiently and in line with legislation and FCHO policies.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading end-to-end procurement projects for goods, works and services.
• Providing expert procurement advice and guidance to managers across FCHO.
• Monitoring supplier performance and supporting effective contract management.
• Maintaining the contract register and procurement records.
• Identifying opportunities to improve value for money, reduce costs and increase efficiency.
• Supporting procurement governance, reporting and audit requirements.
• Delivering procurement training and promoting best practice across the organisation.
• Keeping up to date with procurement legislation, market developments and emerging best practice.

About you

You'll be a collaborative and commercially minded procurement professional who enjoys building relationships and driving continuous improvement in all aspects of the role.

You'll bring:

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, able to present complex information or concepts clearly and effectively to a wide range of audiences.
• Experience in delivering procurement projects covered by public sector procurement regulations (PCR15/PA23)
• Experience of operating with JCT or other works related contracts.
• Excellent commercial awareness with a focus on continuous improvements and driving value for money.
• In depth knowledge of procurement and contract management best practices.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver projects successfully.
• Experience managing or supervising colleagues.
• MCIPS qualification, or be working towards achieving it.

What's in it for you?

We offer a fantastic range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, work-life balance and career development, including:

• A salary of £53,220per annum.
• A 37-hour working week with hybrid working options.
• 30 days' annual leave plus 8 bank holidays.
• Option to purchase additional annual leave.
• Defined contribution pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution and salary exchange option.
• Healthcare cash plan covering dental, optical and physiotherapy treatments.
• Private health insurance.
• Employee Assistance Programme offering 24-hour confidential support.
• Doctorline, giving you and your family 24/7 GP access.
• Access to our colleague benefits platform, including retail discounts and wellbeing tools.
• Discounted gym membership.
• Professional subscriptions paid where essential for the role.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and sick pay.
• Access to our on-site wellbeing room and café.
• Long service awards.

It's an exciting time to join FCHO, and this newly created role offers the opportunity to have a genuine impact from day one. The procurement team are at the start of an exciting transformation journey. Joining at this stage means you'll have the opportunity to help shape it what that journey looks like. You'll work with colleagues across the organisation, influence strategic decision-making and contribute to improving services for our customers.

If you're an experienced procurement professional looking for a new challenge, and you want to help shape the future of procurement at FCHO, we'd love to hear from you.

Please submit your application by 10:00am on 09th October 2026.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

We are committed to building an organisation that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. As an equal opportunities employer, FCHO is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

We care that you have a great experience with us at FCHO. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments to make your experience smoother, please let us know and we'll do all we can.

AtFirst Choice Homes Oldham, we're all about being a community anchor organisation and making a positive difference where we work.

Our dedicated team delivers this every day through good quality, affordable homes, excellent services and thriving communities for customers living in our 11,500 homes across Oldham and surrounding boroughs.

We're a significant employer in the local area and we're ambitious to grow. We ensure colleagues enjoy working at FCHO, are developed and can build careers for successful futures.

Join us and become a part of a team passionate about providing homes we are proud of and improving lives.

The Benefits

• 30 days holiday
• Family friendly policies

Our People

• Chris Goode
• Project Manager, Investment Delivery

"I've had great opportunities to learn and progress by working with internal and external partners to make a real difference to our homes and customers' lives."

"I enjoy helping our customers and working across teams to provide essential services for their homes."

"There are so many opportunities to learn and develop new skills."